We started our two-week series on the thoughts and experiences of two of our Black brothers in Christ, Community of Faith Bible Church Pastor Bobby Scott and Anacostia River Church Pastor Thabiti Anyabwile. To begin, read A Letter from the Editor: Addressing Racism and Seeking Reconciliation by Hannah Chao.
October is designated as Pastor Appreciation Month. If you are looking for some ways to encourage a pastor, check out Ben Shin’s classic article: An Appreciation for our Pastors.
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Articles From Around The Web
1. Moses Y. Lee: Don’t Miss the Mountains
“Yahweh’s description of these future mountains wasn’t meant to be confined to the imaginations of fictional writers. It was meant to be real.”
2. Chris Colquitt: How Things Have Changed: Reflections of a Millennial Pastor in a Gen Z World
“If millennials needed to hear ‘you are weak,’ my Gen Z students today increasingly need to hear ‘you can be strong.”
3. Melissa Kruger: Sisters, You Have Permission to Lead an Ordinary Life
“Christian woman, you can rejoice—not because of all you’ve accomplished, but because your name is written in heaven.”
Books, Podcasts, Music, And More
1. DesiringGod: Dismiss the Devil with a Song
“Singing together is not merely the prelude to the sermon. When God’s people sing from the heart, more happens than we imagine.”
2. All Nations Community Church: Goodness of God
This arrangement perfectly captures the mood for this calm and reflective song. The sparse instrumentation is fitting, and the makeshift drum kit looks like a lot of fun to play. Some nice and subtle harmonies in the chorus, and you can especially feel the emotion in the lead vocals near the end of the tune.
3. Aaron Lee: Miscellaneous
Book Reviews: Worship and the World to Come by Glenn Packiam; Paul and First-Century Letter Writing by E. Randolph Richards; Psalms Volume 1 and Psalms Volume 2 With Guided Meditations by Alabaster and IVP. Our TGIF playlist is available on Spotify. Join my Asian American Worship Leaders Facebook group.
Featured This Week On SOLA Network
1. Bobby Scott: Legalized Racism and Civil Rights: American’s Long, Troubled Road Towards Racial Reconciliation, Part 3
“Few things more powerfully influence who we become in life than our expectations of ourselves, and our expectations often come from our culture.”
2. Bobby Scott: A War for Freedom: American’s Long, Troubled Road Towards Racial Reconciliation, Part 2
“Through the Civil War, we took only one step towards becoming a nation where all people are free, and all people are treated with the dignity of being image-bearers of God.”
3. Bobby Scott: The Birth of a “Free” Nation: America’s Long, Troubled Journey Towards Racial Reconciliation, Part 1
“How successful have we been at creating a nation where all people are free and all people are treated with the dignity of being image-bearers of God?”
4. P.J. Tibayan: Do I Really Have to Care About Structural Racism?
“We have the blessed responsibility of looking at the ethnic tension today and then to discerningly love our neighbors as we love ourselves.”
5. Hannah Chao: A Letter from the Editor: Addressing Racism and Seeking Reconciliation
“As part of loving our neighbors, we need to listen to the stories of our Black neighbors and lament when they tell their stories of grief.”
6. TGIF: Roundup for September 25, 2020
What We Can Learn from John Chau / What 1 Corinthians 7 Says About Desertion and Divorce / Embodied Creativity: Delighting in God Through Diversity / From Killing Fields to Harvest Fields: Why Christianity Is Growing in Cambodia
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